Social Work Curriculum
Major Requirements
Students majoring in Social Work must earn a final grade of C or better in all courses with a SWK prefix as well as ENG 1010 (Composition) and ENG 1040 (Composition and Rhetoric).
The Social Work major consists of 63 credits distributed as follows:
Required Core Courses
12 credits
| PSC 1510 American Government (3) | PSY 3410 Abnormal Psychology (3) |
| PSY 1010 General Psychology (3) | SOC 1510 Principles of Sociology (3) |
Required Statistics Course
Select one course (3 credits) from the following list:
| JUS 2200 Applied Statistics (3) | PSY 2500 Statistics for Psychology (3) |
| MAT 2200 Applied Statistics (3) | SOC 2200 Applied Statistics (3) |
Required Professional Core Courses
48 credits
| SWK 2310 Introduction to Social Work (3) | SWK 3500 Human Diversity and Populations-At-Risk (3) |
| SWK 2400 Professional Writing and Critical Thinking (3) | SWK 3700 Social Welfare Policy and Services I (3) |
| SWK 3000 Human Behavior and the Social Environment I (3) | SWK 3720 Social Welfare Policy and Services II (3) |
| SWK 3020 Human Behavior and the Social Environment II (3) | SWK 4200 Practice Methods I (3) |
| SWK 3050 Death and Dying (3) | SWK 4240 Practice Methods II (3) |
| SWK 3150 Helping Processes (3) | SWK 4750 Field Education Seminar (3) |
| SWK 3320 Methods of Social Research (3) | SWK 4800 Social Work Capstone Seminar (3) |
Note: Students must complete University requirements with a GPA of 2.25 or better and maintain a 2.75 in courses with an SWK prefix.
Minor Requirements
The Social Work minor consists of 18 credits distributed as follows:
Required Core Course
3 credits
| SWK 2310 Introduction to Social Work (3) |
Electives
Select five courses (15 credits) from the following list:
| SWK 2400 Professional Writing and Critical Thinking (3) | SWK 3320 Methods of Social Research (3) |
| SWK 3000 Human Behavior and the Social Environment I (3) | SWK 3500 Human Diversity and Populations-At-Risk (3) |
| SWK 3020 Human Behavior and the Social Environment II (3) | SWK 3700 Social Welfare Policy and Services I (3) |
| SWK 3050 Death and Dying (3) | SWK 3720 Social Welfare Policy and Services II (3) |
| SWK 3150 Helping Processes (3) | SWK 3750 Child Welfare (3) |
Child Welfare Collaborative Requirements
Achieve a grade of B or better in the required core course, SWK 3750 Child Welfare (3 credits), as well as:
- Successfully complete an interview with the Child Welfare Collaborative Committee
- Complete all requirements for the Social Work major
- Complete a Field Placement in a NC Department of Social Services Child Welfare Setting.